Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan, 96 pages. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008
Language – PG; Sexual Content – G; Violence – G
EL, MS - ADVISABLE
This collection of 15 short stories – some very short, only a paragraph or two long – are combined with illustrations that relate stories about events and characters in a most unusual suburb. There is a water buffalo that offers directions, stick figures whose presence confuses the other residents, an amnesia machine, and a missile in every back yard. Brothers travel to the end of the map; a family takes in a foreign exchange student; grandpa relates the events of his wedding day.
From curious to thought-provoking, these stories offer interesting reads. Useful to discuss relationship between text and images, or to practice predictions.
Reviewer: P.K. Foster, MS teacher-librarian.
Language – PG; Sexual Content – G; Violence – G
EL, MS - ADVISABLE
This collection of 15 short stories – some very short, only a paragraph or two long – are combined with illustrations that relate stories about events and characters in a most unusual suburb. There is a water buffalo that offers directions, stick figures whose presence confuses the other residents, an amnesia machine, and a missile in every back yard. Brothers travel to the end of the map; a family takes in a foreign exchange student; grandpa relates the events of his wedding day.
From curious to thought-provoking, these stories offer interesting reads. Useful to discuss relationship between text and images, or to practice predictions.
Reviewer: P.K. Foster, MS teacher-librarian.
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